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Species: Hypoplectrus nigricans, Black hamlet

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Hypoplectrus nigricans (Poey, 1852)

Black hamlet

Head and body deep, strongly compressed; forehead straight; snout relatively short; top jaw protrusible; rear of top jaw exposed when mouth closed, without accessory bone above it; teeth fixed; preoperculum angular, serrated, several small forward pointing spines on lower edge near the corner; gill rakers 17-23; dorsal fin X, 14-17, no notch after spines, membranes between spines not indented; pelvics long, reach to or beyond anus; tail fin slightly forked; lateral line scales 48-53; soft dorsal and anal fins mostly scaleless.

Head and body black, grey or dark brown; all fins except the pectorals are colored as the body; pectorals are black in black bodied fish, clear in those with grey bodies; there may be a bluish cast on various parts of the body and fins.

Reaches 15.3 cm.

Lives on reefs.

Depth range: 1-67 m.

The Bahamas through the Caribbean.

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Salinity

Marine
Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only
Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

Reef only
Rocks
Corals
Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding Group

Carnivore
Data

Diet

Data
Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
Bony fishes

Egg Type

Data
Pelagic
Pelagic larva

Global Endemism

West Atlantic Endemic
All species.
Greater Caribbean endemic

Regional Endemism

Continent + Island (s)
All species..
Continent
Island (s)
GC endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

IUCN Red List

Least concern
Listed

CITES

Not listed

Length Max

15.3

Depth Range Min

1

Depth Range Max

67

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Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system: Species Data Report

Tue 25th Apr, 2023 04:23 am

Species - Hypoplectrus nigricans

Habitat

Salinity

Marine

Marine Only

Inshore/Offshore

Inshore Only

Inshore

Water Column Position

Bottom

Habitat

Reef only

Rocks

Corals

Reef (rock/coral/oyster)

Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)

FishBase Habitat

Reef Associated

Feeding

Feeding Group

Carnivore

Data

Diet

Data

Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)

Bony fishes

Reproduction

Egg Type

Data

Pelagic

Pelagic larva

Zoogeography

Global Endemism

West Atlantic Endemic

All species.

Greater Caribbean endemic

Regional Endemism

Continent + Island (s)

All species..

Continent

Island (s)

GC endemic

Residency

Resident

Climate Zone

Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)

Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)

Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)

Conservation status

IUCN Red List

Least concern

Listed

CITES

Not listed

Size

Length Max

15.3

Depth

Depth Range Min

1

Depth Range Max

67

Range

Note: range polygons may be inaccurate for species known only from a few, widely scattered sites

Based on paint data

Latitude Limit N

Latitude Limit S

Longitude Limit W

Longitude Limit E

Latitudinal Range (N limit – S limit)

0

Longitudinal Range (W limit – E limit)

0

Range Midpoint (lat/long)

0, 0

Range Polygon Area: Km²

0 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long)

-1, -1

Based on point data

Sampling-Point Count :

330

Range Polygon Area: Km²:

8,028,814 sq km

Range Polygon Centroid (lat/long):

18.03135,-78.4464

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